Couldn't sleep - I lose - you gain - coming soon to a burro near you - add a custom source:
Name means the internal name - the identifier used in the preference system - search for bookburro in about:config to see examples of other sites
Title is what we the link we create is titled
Link is the url you visit when they click the link
Query is the url you query to determine the status of the book (if it is the same as Link, you can leave it out)
Process is a snippet of JavaScript that looks at the data returned when we query the service and "screen scrapes" to determine whether the source has the book or not. Whatever string is return is displayed to the right of the link (yes the library has it, perhaps you can return where it is, or if they have it but it is checked out!)
Submit sends it to me to add it to the official release of Book Burro so it can be shared with everyone.
Test will ask you for an ISBN then test the source you are creating.
OK will add this source to your source list if it passed all the tests - otherwise it will save the source so you can come back later and complete it.
Perhaps we should have a field for comments about the source so others can see how it works in case it breaks at a later time. Perhaps we should ask for a ISBN that the library has so we can add it to an automated daily check once submitted to our system to protect against changes to the source - screenscaping can be brittle (though surprisingly only 2 small changes have happened to sources that have been in book burro for over 8 months!)
Delievery time - this weekend if all goes well
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